I also received a jug of Tide Coldwater. I already prefer washing my laundry in cold water and I do use Tide so this is a great product for me. It's been specially formulated to wash better in cold water, which saves energy and potentially a little money on your heating bills: If every Walmart customer switched to washing in cold water with Tide® Coldwater for 50 loads, we could save nearly $4 billion and 39 billion kilowatt-hours of energy*.

The Brita Riviera Digital Pitcher is an updated version of the filter pitcher I came to know and love in college. It has an electronic filter change indicator that reminds you when to change the filter so you have clean, odor-free drinking water. This is really a great thing in a town like Wichita that tends to have stinky tap water! And if you pair it with a reusable cup or container, you save the waste from buying bottled water: If all 200 million Walmart customers used filtered water, we could keep billions of plastic bottles out of our landfills*.

The last thing I reviewed was a Bissell Little Green Floor Cleaner. With six cats, a five year old and a particularly messy 20 month old, having access to a spot cleaner was very nice indeed. We don't have carpeting but we do have area rugs and Jasper is fond of smooshing berries into them. I was impressed with the Little Green's performance, even on old stains. Better still, it features a sustainable design and packaging, PVC-free tanks and hose. Even the formula is clean and green! Best of all is the fact that the Little Green is made from recycled plastics: If every Walmart customer bought a Little Green machine, it would be like recycling two million bags of trash*.

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I learned that they have a hugely comprehensive listing of available videos that instruct how to "go Green" in your daily activities and cleaning routine. It is an excellent source of "real" tips from real people. Youtube is also hip, which draws in the younger people, encouraging them to be eco-conscious too.

I watched a video with Shelley who discussed Green Works surface cleaner. She was happy to take this to her daughter's pre-k and I know why.When I think back to when my son was in Pre-K, I am horrified. They thought nothing of it then to use bleach to clean the work surfaces and then there was a woman that insisted on making them sparkle by using ammonia on top of that. I really wish GreenWorks had been around then.Those are some pretty eye-opening statistics you've mentioned in your post. Think how much we can change things just by making small changes.Thanks for the wonderful review!

Learned quite a bit, but this is what I was surprised the most about "200 million customers replaced just one regular lightbulb with one CFL lightbulb it would like taking 10 million cars off the road".

Oh wow, we actually have a compact flourescent light bulb in a light in our living room and you know what, I kid you not it has lasted almost a year now and still shines bright. I didn't know that those produced less heat and that they are "green". Yay!

WOW - I just learned a LOT of extra ways to go green and help the environment than what I was aware of. For example, extra weight in the trunk of your vehicle actually increases fuel consumption (I am going to go right out and get those card tables out of my trunk and put them in the garage where they belong!!!), I learned also that if you do not have a low flow toilet you may use a 2-ltr bottle instead to reduce water usage. And, ALSO, this weekend I am going to replace some of my standard light bulbs around the house _ I didn't realize what a huge difference CFL bulbs can make, especially if enough people would start using them... which I am going to do! Loved all the information and am going to have my daughter check it out as well :)

Classy Mommy shared with us that if we use a PowerStrip we can help save a lot of energy - especially in places like the living room where the t.v., vcr, dvd player & game systems are hooked up. With a simple push of the button we can turn all of these off at the same time with the PowerStrip.

I already have fluorescent bulbs, a giant Brita in my fridge, a stainless water container and I do the laundry in our HE machine using the cold wash.I DIDN'T know I could use the ceiling fan in the winter as well by reversing the flow to circulate warm air...

Since I have been ecofriendly for years, many of the tips I saw I am already using. For example, I have CFL light bulbs in my fixtures, I use a power strip to turn off electronics, and my car trunk is virtually empty. All of these were mentioned in various clips.

Wow..there were a lot of good tips on the videos I liked. One was to make recycling more convenient...if your recycling bins are outside, you are a lot less likely to recycle than if you, for example have two wastebaskets in the kitchen area--one for garbage and one for recycling. In the same video is the plea to use washable towels or clean rags for clean up rather than paper towels. I am doing well on the recycling; I haven't quite given up all paper towel use yet.

I learned that putting a full water bottle in the back of the toilet will reduce the amount of water for each flush - and if you pay for your water and have four toilets, that's a savings of $25 a month!

I was amazed to learn that I could save $600 a year by drinking tap water..So I guess this means that I am going to make the switch!! This was a very interesting contest and i learned a few interesting things thanks..email is

JeansandTs@hotmail.comI learned the powerstrip tip trick! It works in so many areas of the home. Just plug in like items and turn the entire group off with the strip. Saves so much in wasted electric and fossil fuels.

I love the site's top rated ideas! I learned that White Cloud Green Earth found in Walmart stores is made from 100% post consumer recycled fiber but is still very soft. I had never tried that product before...now I'll have to look for it!

I thought I knew alot about being green, even if I have a very hard time getting my kids to recycle, but there are so many little, easy, things I can do. The one I think I can do now that will make a big impact, though it is going to be a big habit to break, is to stop using my trunk as a storage area... I had no idea it could make a big difference in my fuel economy. It makes sense, but I just never thought about it. Sigh, I have to clean it out...

How entertaining and useful the You Tub Videos are! I like being taught ways to live a greener life via products and everyday tips. Things like rechargeable batteries, real towels instead of paper towels, reusing storage bags, and using a power strip to turn off the dvd player, television, etc. are great ideas and ones I plan on using. This is a fantastic prize giveaway drawing. The diminutive size and efficiency of Bissell Little Green Floor Cleaner is wonderful! Please enter my name in your drawing.Many thanks.....Cindijchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

It's interesting how many little ways can make such a huge change & hopefully lots of people will do the little things, like changing over to cfl bulbs, or adding a bottle to their toilet to save water.

there are all kinds of videos of that show you how you can conserve energy, and The kind to our environment. common sense with money.com, shows you several way on how to save money, and how to be kind to our environment. I loved all the videos decides this one, including the one about putting the water bottle In the toilet instead of a brick. I like to save my bricks to use outside in the garden! thank you for turning me onto this wonderful website! And here I thought of it was only good for getting samples! Just kidding, it is a great website!

I watched Mercedes from Common Sense with Money's tips for a greener kitchen.She recommends using cloth towels instead of paper towels in the kitchen. Also stop prewashing dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. You can also reuse plastic ziploc bags that were only used for things like cookies or crackers...my grandmother has been doing that for years, she always rinses them out, dries them and reuses them.

We have crappy tap water too, but it's not so bad now that we have a whole-house filter. It's really gross when you boil the water, because it leaves all this white residue (calcium, not cocaine) on the pot.

I liked listening to Classy Mommy talk about rechargable batteries, which are really easy to use. I like her little intro and music. I'd like some of the hyper-drug that she's on.